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Archaeological Sediments and Soils

ABSTRACT

A collection of papers focusing on the links between archaeology and the study of geological sediments and soils.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part I

Part I

chapter

Recent advances in micromorphological interpretations of soils and sediments from archaeological sites

chapter |15 pages

Soil micromorphological data from traditional and experimental agriculture

chapter |34 pages

Micromorphological characterisation and interpretation of occupation deposits and microstratigraphic sequences at Abu Salabikh, Southern Iraq

part II|128 pages

Part II

chapter |22 pages

Soil analysis and archaeological site formation studies

chapter |46 pages

Studies of lithostratigraphy and lithofacies: a selective review of research developments in the last decade and their applications to geoarchaeology

chapter |38 pages

Methodological approaches to archaeological context recording: X-radiography as an example of a supportive recording, assessment and interpretive technique

chapter |8 pages

A mixed-method approach to geoarchaeological analysis

chapter |12 pages

Plant macrofossil analysis from lake cores: an example from Polynesia

part III|37 pages

Part III

chapter |16 pages

Archaeology and the river environment in Britain: a prospective review

chapter |19 pages

Important Quaternary Palaeolithic sites in Britain: their investigation and conservation